undergraduate

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He studied chemical engineering as an undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Madison and eventually earned a Ph.D. in the subject from the University of Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Despite having an undergraduate and a master's degree, Sophie said she had applied for 300 jobs in the past year with just one interview and no success.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"During a recreational dive in the summer during the undergraduate study of HY Chan in 2019, he accidentally discovered Thecacera sesama sp. nov. in northern Taiwan waters," the researchers said.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

She got her master of fine arts degree in art from ArtCenter College of Design’s graduate art program, where she works as the undergraduate and graduate art departments’ chair and a longtime graduate art professor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

But take a look at the following list of where the last twenty-five Americans to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine got their undergraduate degrees, starting in 2007.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell